[Cass] Moments of hesitation Turned to days that turned to years And each and every time you try to speak Your protests fell upon deaf ears They put you on a pedestal you never asked for Sink their teeth into your limbs It might seem antithetical to what they taught you But their word doesn't mean anything When love goes by a different name Nothing can remain the same Don't spend a second more pretending this is what you wanted Don't let them stop you from screaming Don't be their silent thing This song is yours to sing And yours alone It can't be unwritten but you can change the meaning A single step is all it takes to start again It's not too late [Luke] It's just like any other day I sink into the soil and watch myself decay They circle 'round me all the same Painting my corpse to spare themselves the shame Every step I take is in the wrong direction And nothing's ever good enough to please them all Every day I look into a sick reflection And wait for one of us to fall [Cass] I know how much it hurts to doubt But I question what it's all about Am I still afraid Of how I've just been running away from myself? [Lead: Cass] [Solo: Cass] [Solo: Ahmed]

[Cass] As the sun Descended on our crime In blasphemy you lied to me And told me you were mine I set the world ablaze to burn your every sorrow Oh, but pure intentions led your heart astray I've only done what must be done I chased the moon you chased the sun And in its light you found your truth apart from me Enticing words, that spoke of trust Have fallen quiet with our lust And in betrayal left me mute Countless years Wasted on a dream Cut to shreds by the one That meant the most to me All I ever wanted was To carve a world for both of us To drink our fill and spend our nights Entwined beneath the moon But my affections can't outshine the sun [Solo: Ahmed] I've grown addicted to the noise My creaking bones have been destroyed Since that sadistic day you stole my voice Cold hands cemented to the floor In death becoming something more In playing god, you had your fun But there'll be no chasing of the sun Did you expect that I'd allow you to go free? There yet lives love amidst my hate I found my plot, accepted fate But don't forget that you belong to me To give to you the moon I came undone But my fall from grace was for nothing My love chose the sun

[Cass] Take me back to Carrol street and tell me it was right Cloaked in smoke we'd hide ourselves from the horrors in the night You told me I could speak the truth but a threat hung in the air I try and I try to forget your voice but still hear it everywhere [Luke and Cass] Alluding to some perfect past well I don't know what you're talking about Things I used to cherish leave a bad taste in my mouth Rewriting my life to make the man that you were desperately trying to be You pissed away your hopes and dreams, don't take it out on me [Cass] I'm getting tired of caring Of doing everything right just to get kicked aside again Your love is so unusual Hate me? The feeling's mutual! Don't try to play the victim when you turned on me How did you manage to convince yourself you were some martyr I betrayed? I was nothing but a game to you 'til I learned how to play Now I've seen the truth behind that smile you always wear Gilded eyes so condescending There never was a happy ending [Luke] There's no path for me to tread without guilt, abuse and pain I'll ask no forgiveness no permission start doin shit my way You carved a matching scar into a child that didn't know how to fight For every day I took your pain I give it back tonight [Cass] I'm growing bored of caring Of bleeding myself dry just to get left behind again Your love is cold and biblical Don't fucking call me cynical You never gave a damn so don't ask me to grieve [Cass] I'm sick to death of hearing If I keep taking the high road then I'll get what's owed to me I'm done with empty promises Turncoats and faulty harnesses How did we stray so far from living thick as thieves? How could I ever learn to love myself when all I am was stripped away You swore to God that I was everything Till I was in your way [Solo: Cass] [Solo: Ahmed] So drown your sins in holy houses Paper dreams and plastic spouses Take the fools for all they're worth And do it all again Eat your fill but don't forget I haven't taken my cut yet And no amount of praying's gonna keep me away [Luke and Cass] Don't try to tell me that you've always loved me There's no excuse in hell that could save you now There's nothing you can say to me to make amends The only thing I want's your fuckin heads